The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought CBI’s response on a plea by a U.P. Police constable challenging framing of charges against him for the alleged murder of the Unnao rape survivor’s father and for possession of illegal arms.
Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva also called for digital records of the trial court in the case. The High Court has listed the case for further consideration on August 30.
Amir Khan, who is in judicial custody, sought quashing of framing of charges, including murder and criminal conspiracy, against him and alleged that the August 13 order was “illegal, improper, prejudicial and against established principles of the Code of Criminal Procedure”.
“The trial judge in the impugned proceedings order and charges framed admitted that there is no role of the petitioner in the conspiracy of assaulting/beatings to the survivor’s father. Thus, making the police officials, including petitioner [Khan] liable for murder is untenable illegal,” the plea said.
The victim, allegedly raped by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in 2017 when she was a minor, is battling for life in a hospital here after a truck rammed into her car in Raebareli last month.
In the case related to the victim’s father’s death, the trial court charged the BJP MLA and nine others for offences punishable under IPC Sections 302 (murder), 506 (criminal intimidation), 341 (wrongful restraint), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 193 (false evidence) and Section 25 of the Arms Act.
